The Bluth stair truck going back to the studio can only mean one thing:
The rumours about new episodes/a movie of Arrested Development are true!!!
For the uninitiated, Arrested Development, is/was a tv sitcom unlike everything else on tv:
Actually funny.
Very funny.
And intelligent.
For some unknown reason, the show, although truly one of the most hilarious comedies ever put on the networks, never found an audience, which is a shame.
The writing, directing, acting all were way, way above average in every possible way.
You know that show, Modern Family, that you're watching now?
It's for retards.
Arrested Development was 100 times better.
Tim Allen?
Kevin James?
Charlie Sheen?
Hacks. Overpaid, preening, dandy-boys.
A.D., in it's 3 seasons on the tube, outshone every single episode of whatever dimwitted train-wreck these 3 morons ever ruined in front of a national audience.
(The only show on tv that is close to being this funny is It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia.)
So of course, the network had to kill it.
You spend all your money on a big, retarded, unfunny, golden goose, like Charlie Sheen, you better be damned sure you get your money's worth before he goes on another month long drug and boob-tart bender.
(Drugs and Boob-tarts - it's what's for breakfast!)
(Also, great name for a band.)
(All night breakfast joint in a questionable neighborhood?)
But let's not dwell in the past.
This show was unbelievably funny.
And I'm sure new episodes will be even better!!
Go get the first 3 seasons on DVD (I'll loan ya' mine).
You won't regret it.
The stair car is one of the few remaining modes of transport available to the Bluth family, and is frequently driven by Michael Bluth.
It was originally paired with the company jet, which was sold off to help deal with the company’s financial woes. It has a large Bluth Company logo on the side.
It has lead a notorious existence, knocking down homecoming banners, (“Queen for a Day“) helping inmates attempt to escape prison, (“Visiting Ours“) and letting people sneak to upstairs windows. (“Shock and Aww“).
Crossfire Hurricane
The new Rolling Stones HBO documentary, Crossfire Hurricane, was on last Thursday and was captivating.
Even casual fans of the Stones will be mesmerized by the hysteria they caused almost from the very beginnning.
It's on par with Elvis or The Beatles.
It's on par with Elvis or The Beatles.
I had no idea.
People, esp. teenaged girls, lost their collective minds and also emptied their collective bladders when the Rolling Stones came to town.
Absolute insanity.
Keith Richards said, "You could actually see a river of urine from the stage from these young girls wetting themselves."
Actually, what he said was,
"Zpteaf#@k;lkl;enbloodyjhne;l;l;l;aexmndaorenejanowatimean?"
But still, us serious fans knew what he meant.
(Hint: it's in the eyes.)
If you haven't seen it, you really need to watch it.
Seeing them cause riots just because they started to play was fascinating.
At one point, Mick and Keith said, "We used to bet how long a show was going to last before we had to leave. We couldn't finish a show for the first 2 or 3 years."
It's worth your time to see them put into the historical context and chaos of the mid to late 60's and what a part of it they really were.
from The Examiner:
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RATING FOR THE ROLLING STONES - CROSSFIRE HURRICANE
The Rolling Stones are still rebels; still the bad boys of rock that Andrew Loog Oldham groomed them to be. Last night at about 9:30 there was a knock on my door. A Locked out neighbor, I wondered? Nope. It was a messenger from the Stones' office with a copy of the advance DVD of the new documentary "Crossfire Hurricane." Maybe that doesn't rank with the drug bust at Redlands, but in 2012 it's pretty unusual.
Anyway, wasn't "Crossfire Hurricane"premiering on HBO at that very moment anyway? No matter. Bullied or not, I felt obligated to check it out. To use a hackneyed writerly pun, "Crossfire Hurricane" is a gas, gas, gas.
Now I'm no Stones obsessive, and let's put one long-debated question to bed once and for all: The Beatles v. The Rolling Stones? The Beatles. It's not even a contest really, no matter how many times Keith Richards tried to make it one in his recent memoir. But it's also not really the issue any more. The Rolling Stones are "The Stones"; for the ages now. And I've surely got more Stones bootlegs than you have albums in total in your collection. So after all the hubbub in the run-up to "Crossfire Hurricane's" release I was eager to check this
Dealing only with 1962-1981 (with a quick falsh-forward to 2009), and ably directed by Brett Morgen, the documentary uses loads of footage and audio that even the most ardent Stones bootleg collector will drool over, along with a sampling of some of the 80 hours of interviews that Morgen did with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood and even Mick Taylor, it tells the story of the band from the inside. Honest and self-effacing (especially Jagger, who is as candid as I can remember him ever being) the band updates its 25x5 documentary in style, while engaging in the usual myth-making.
Morgen's choice to eschew the normal talking head style en vogue especially since The Beatles' Anthology is remarkably effective, forcing fans to pay a bit more attention to who is talking (though casual fans may not as easily pick that out). And his edits between live and studio versions of songs coupled to various performances (sometimes intercut with pop culture singposts) is smoother than I've seen in any similar piece.
If anything at shy of 2 hours I was left wanting more. But maybe that's the point. Of course there's more to tell. (If the "Exile" documentary from last year is any indication, there's a lot more to tell.)
All in all, this is one to catch. It's showing on HBO (plus HBOGO and On Demand services) continually. And there's an expanded Blu-ray and DVD version on the way from Eagle Rock on January 15, 2013 in the U.S., so that'll surely be something to grab. Either way, don't miss it.
This article is copyright 2012 by Jeff Slate. No part may be reprinted or referenced without permission and/or attribution. All rights reserved.
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